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| Predecessor | Nebraska Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Civil Rights |
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| Formation | 2009 |
| Headquarters | Lincoln, Nebraska |
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Area served | Nebraska |
| Methods | Lobbying, community organizing, community events, education |
Executive Director | Abbi Swatsworth |
| Affiliations | Equality Federation, Community Services Fund of Nebraska |
| Website | outnebraska |
Formerly called | Outlinc |
OutNebraska is a Nebraska statewide LGBTQ advocacy, lobbying, and community organization.
A Lincoln, Nebraska LGBTQ community organization was incorporated as Outlinc in 2009. [1] It expanded to a statewide organization and changed its name to OutNebraska in 2019. [2]
OutNebraska sponsors the Prairie Pride Film Festival, which has brought independent films on LGBTQ themes to Nebraska since 2010. [3]
OutNebraska hosts birdwatching events in warm weather months. Let's Go Birding Together ("LGBT") events are a partnership with Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center. [4]
OutNebraska opposed Nebraska's prohibition on same-sex marriage. [5]
OutNebraska has advocated for a state law protecting LGBT people from employment and housing discrimination, expressing skepticism that city-level laws are comprehensive enough. [6]
OutNebraska joined the ACLU in 2016 in providing training to help poll workers identify transgender and gender nonconforming Nebraska voters. [7]
OutNebraska is affiliated with the Equality Federation and the Community Services Fund of Nebraska. [8]
In expanding from Lincoln into a statewide organization, OutNebraska partnered with Panhandle Equality, an advocacy group in the Nebraska Panhandle. [9]
